The- Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. 35. LINCOLN,NEDRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1935. PRICE 5 CENTS
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CUPS FEATURE OF
7 Trophies to Be Awarded
At Panhellenic
Affair.
600 GIRLS EXPECTED
Miss, Kizer Toastmistress
At 6:15 Dinner at
Cornhusker.
Presentation of seven schol
astic cups to the six sororities
highest in scholarship and the
group making the most prog
ress in scholastic standing dur
ing the year will be a feature of
the annual panhellenic banquet to
be staged this evening at 6:15
o'clock at the Cornhusker hotel.
Approximately six hundred soror
ity members are expected to at
tend the affair. Miss Charlotte
Kizer, president of the city pan
hellenic counci. which sponsors the
event, is scheduled to act as toast
mistress for the banquet and will
also present the scholarship
awards.
To Display Formals.
The program, according to Mrs.
Oliver Hallam, program chair
man, will include an exhibition of
formals dating from 1905 to 1935
carried out In the form of a style
show with one girl from each sor
ority on the campus modeling a
dress. Songs representative of the
period in which the various dresses
were the vogue will be sung by
Mrs. Harriet Krulse Kemmer dur
inir tho rfuninv. Mrs. Kemmer will
be accompanied by Mrs. Harriet
Daly Ayres.
Mrs. Paul C. Bieberstein, Zeta
Tau Alpha, as general chairman,
is in charge of preparations for the
banquet. Assisting her will be Mrs.
Oliver Hallam, Alpha Omicron Pi,
program chairman and the pro
gram committee composed of Mrs.
Joyce Ayrcs, Alpha Phi, Miss Hen
rietta Dierks, Chi Omega, Mrs.
Forest Reed, Alpha Delta Theta,
Miss Zelma Harris, Alpha Omi
cron PI. and Mrs. Albert Lucke,
Delta Gamma. Working on the
ticket committee are Mrs. Richard
Skold, Phi Omega PI, chairman,
Mrs. Roy WbUham, Pi Beta Phi,
Miss Carol Auten, Alpha Xi Delta,
and Mrs. Oril Barber, Kappa Al
pha Theta. Mrs. Noyes Rogers, Pi
Beta Phi Is chairman of the dec
mittee. made UD of
Mrs. Hoyt Hawke, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Mrs. William m. jonnson,
Alpha Delta PI, Miss Blanche Aus
tin, Delta Zeta, Miss Louise King,
Delta Gamma, Mrs. Joe Carroll,
Theta Phi Alpha, Mrs. S. F. Ber
gen. Sigma Delta Tau, Mrs. Glen
Ullstrom, Kappa Delta, Mrs. Arn
old Kelnebecker, Chi Omega, and
Mrs. Guy Phillips, Sigma Kappa.
Mrs. Tempel Heads Group.
Mrs. William Tempel, Gamma
Phi Beta, is in charge oi ODiaining
cups for the banquet and her as
sistants are: Mrs. Douglas Cain,
Delta Delta Delta, and Miss Ber
nice Lleberman, Sigma Delta Tau.
Menu chairman will be Mrs. Frank
Dice, Alpha Chi Omega and other
commltteewomen include Mrs.
George Haecker, Kappa Kappa
liammi. and Mrs. Valux Rlsser,
Phi Mu. Mrs. Gerald Carpender,
Kappa Aipna ineia, is in tiuwge
of seating arrangements with Mrs.
E. H. Hammond, Delta Delta Delta
and Dr. Elizabeth Williamson, Al
pha XI Delta assisting her. The
awards committee is composed ol
Mrs. Earl Deppen, Kappa Delta,
chairman, Miss Coleita atken,
Beta Phi, Miss DeMaries Hilliard,
Alpha Chi Omega, Mrs. F. E.
Henzllk, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Mrs.
Robert Mallory, Phi Mu.
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Honorary Chemistry Group
Holds Meeting at -
7.:30.
Receiver of Phi Lambda Upsl
lon's freshman scholarship cup
will be selected by members of the
honorary chemistry fraternity at
their regular meeting at 7:30
o'clock this evening In chemistry
hall lecture room.
Freshmen chemistry students of
last year who had exceptionally
good averages will be considered
and the winner of the award
named, according to Don Serbach,
president of the society. The stu
dent will have his name engraved
on the cup.
The date for the annual Phi
Lambda Upsllon fall banquet will
also be set It is at this dinner
that the cup is presented, Sar
b&ch stated.
The society will also discuss its
policies and plans for the winter
months. The meeting is of con
siderable Importance. Sarbach ex
plained, and ail members are urged
to be present.
Oliver Shearer Returns
From Circuit Over State
Oliver Shearer of the geological
survey of the university returned
Monday from a circuit thru the
state In connection with the read
ing of ground water levels In
about three hundred wells.
PRE
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BANQUET TONIGHT
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FLEISCHER TO HEAD
PHARMACY SOCIETY
Organization Makes Plans
for Annual Fall
Picnic.
Pharmaceutical club of the uni
versity, elected officers for the
coming year at its Initial meeting
of the year.
Leonard Fleischer has been
elected president of the club. The
remaining officers are Wayne
Ruddy, vice president, and James
Bost, treasurer.
Tentative plans for the coming
year Include the annual fall picnic
sponsored by the club, and night
meetings sponsored by the faculty
in which entertaining and educa
tional features are combined.
F
Silver Cup Is Award for Best
Fraternity Idea; Cost
Limited to $25.
Competition for best Homecom
ing decorations the first since
1930 will be staged this year for
the Kansas State-Nebraska foot
ball week end under sponsorship
of the Innocents Society. To re
place the cash prize offered for
merly, a silver cup, now on display
In Long's Bookstore window, will
be awarded to the winner.
Any fraternity may make an en
try, which should be filed at the
Daily Nebraskan office before
Thursday. Three judges, two se
lected from the faculty and one
from Lincoln businessmen will
choose the outstanding decorations.
Although no contest was held
last year, several houses puf up
decorations as an individual proj
ect. This year, the winner, whose
name will be engraved on the cup,
shall keep the trophy for the com
ing year.
A $25 limit on cost of materials
for the decorative schemes has
been set by the organization, ac
cording to Jack Pace, Innocent in
charge of the contest. "We have
received several entries," Pace
stated, "and advance views of sev
eral plans Indicate that an Inter
esting battle will be staged for the
cup.
Winners In 1929, next-to-last
year of competition, were Zeta
Tau Alpha and Chi Phi. In 1930,
Kappa Delta and Delta Tau Delta
won prizes. A deadline for sub
mitting expense accounts will be
set by the society before the Judg
ing committee makes its tour.
SPECIAL VESPERS 10
Total Collections in Drive
Reach $509 in Check
Monday.
High point workers in the Y. W.
C. A. Fall Fund Festival will be
honored at a special dedication
vesper service, Tuesday, Nov. 5,
at 5 o'clock In Ellen Smith hall. At
the check-up Monday noon, the
total collections amounted to
$509.00. "We sincerely hope all
workers on the drive will realize
their responsibility, today, and do
some intensive work in obtaining
gift contributions and member
ships," stated Gayle Caley, chair
man of the finance staff.
At Monday's report meeting.
Frnces Scudder, junior executive,
and Maxlne Durante, sophomore
captain, were high point girls.
Lorraine Hitchcock, Y. W. presi
dent, will accept the collections of
the class groups, to be presented
by the various executives, at the
vesper service.
The program will consist of a
violin cello solo by Evelyn WilUe,
a special number by the vesper
choir. Miss Green, Y. W. secre
tary, will speak to the group on
"Service," to be followed by a
talk from Gayle Caley on apprecia
tion of the work done during the
drive. Frances Scudder will lead
the devotlonals.
A final check-up at the last re
port meeting will be made Tues
day, Nov. 5. at 12, and all execu
tives, captains, and workers are
requested to be there.
SAENZ COLLABORATES
IN EDITING COMEDIES
Romance Language ' Prof.
Arranges Spanish Plays
For Publication.
Prof. Hilarlo Saenz of the Ro
mance Language department at
the university and Prof. Juan
Cano at the University of Toron
to have completed editing a book
of six Spanish comedies and are
planning to send It to Heath A Co.
for publication the latter part of
this week. The plays, by modern
Spanish authors, are arranged to
be used as tests In secondary
classes for high schools or col
leges. Although the plays In the book
are not original they have been
revised and changed in order that
they may be easier to understand.
DECORATIONS
HOUSES PLANNED
OR HOMING
LET US BE GAY'
NEXT UNIVERSITY
PLAYERS DRAMA
Frances McChesney Returns
To Play Feminine
Lead Role.
OPENS MONDAY, NOV. 11
Jane McLaughlin, Hunter
Star as Opposite
Characters.
"Let Us Be Gay," a roaring
comedy which Broadway critica
declared 'sensational' in the
midst of. an otherwise unevent
ful season, will make its debut
on the Nebraska stage as the Uni
versity Players open for their sec
ond production of the year on
Monday, Nov. 11. The play Is a
sophisticated comedy of manners
done in the best American tradi
tion and has been termed as Ra
chel Crothers' most brilliant pro
duction. The Players boast one of the
strongest casts in the history of
the organization as they prepare
for the opening which will star
Miss Frances McChesney, favorite
player of a few years back and at
present instructor of dramatics at
Lincoln high school. Miss McChes
ney will be remembered for her
outstanding performances while a
university student as Juliet in
"Romeo and Juliet" when she
played opposite Herbert Yenne
now an instructor in the speech
department. Her part in "Let Us
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Homecoming Banquet Draws
Large Crowd of Former
Lettermen.
About 300 reservations have al
ready been received for the an
nual N club luncheon to be held
Saturday noon in the Coliseum,
according to Fred Chambers, pres
ident nf the ctoud.
All guests irom me ciummcs iu
1900 to 1910 will be especially hon
ored at this year's luncheon, al
though all those who were mem
bers of the organization before and
after these dates are invited to
attend. About fifty of the reserva
tions received are from athletes
who were in school between 1900
and 1910.
"The luncheon is one of the big
gest features of homecoming,"
Chambers stated, "and 1a held es
pecially for former Nebraska ath
letes. We have received many let
ters from members who will not
be able to be present."
The tables will be decorated ap
propriately for homecoming and
Linus and Leon Carrol will furnish
music during the luncheon. Public
ity for the affair is being arranged
by Letiter Pankinon and entertain
ment by Neil Merlng.
ARSENAL OF R.O.T.C.
Carpenters Build New (lacks
To Accommodate Added
Pieces.
Four hundred and sixty new
Springfield rifles and the neces
sary spare parts were added to
the R. O. T. C. arsenal recently
and are now being assembled by
Military Department NYA work
ers. No other space being avail
able, carpenters are building new
rifle racks above the old to accom
modate the additional pieces.
Arrival of four hundred more
regulation basic drill uniforms will
enable the military stores depart
ment to outfit all but the "forty
two" waistline cadets at an early
date, Mr. Kldwell announced Friday-
. ,
To date a total of 1,685 basic
drill uniforms have been checked
out, setting an all time record for
the Nebraska unit, the previous
mark being 1.350.
FUNG WRITES MANUAL
ON FRENCH PHONETICS
Book to Be in Trench With
Footnotes in English
Language.
A manual of practical French
phonetics to be used In the univer
sity is being edited by Wentworth
Fling, Instructor In the Romance
Language department. Mr. Fling
la trying to produce something
sufficiently simple and at the
same time accurate.
"Everything that has been pub
lished up to date Is either too
complicated or so full of inaccura
cies as to be detrimental to the
student," Fling asserted.
RIFLES ADDED 10
M'INTYRE SPEAKER
FOR NU-MED DINNER
Pre-Medic Society Meets
Wednesday at
Annex.
Prof. A. H. Mclntyre of the
school of medicine will be guest
speaker at the monthly Nu-Med
banquet; to be held in the Annex
cafe Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 6:13
o'clock. Professor Mclntyre, who
recently joined the Omaha staff,
will speak on "Teaching and Re
search In Medicine."
All pre-medlcal students are
urged to attend this meeting,
which will be the last one open to
students other than members of
the Nu-Med society. While tickets
may be purchased at the door,
those wishing to attend are re
quested to make reservations with
Dr. Wade, Pre-Med advisor, by
Wednesday morning.
SPEAKS AT MS.
Students to Learn Facts
About Selecting
Vocations.
Miss Grace McGaslin, represent
ative of the federal re-employment
bureau in Lincoln, will appear be
fore members of the freshman
A. W. S. activities group to discuss
the subject of vocational education
on Wednesday Nov. 6 at 5 o'clock
in Ellen Smith hall.
The speaker's address will
cover the general scope of voca
tional education and is scheduled
for the purpose of informing the
freshman group about Important
facts in choosing a vocation and
the necessity of choosing a worth
while one.
"Thru her work Miss McGaslin
comes in close contact with the
employment situation daily and
will be able to give helpful advice
to those interested in choosing a
vocation," stated Elsie Buxman, A.
W. S. board member and leader of
the freshman organization In rec
ommending the coming meeting to
freshman girls.
Another section of parliamen
tary law will be depicted in a skit
given by Jean Leftwich and Do
lores Bors at this same gathering.
Girls selected to serve on the re
freshment committee for the Corn
husker costume party for girls,
which is sponsored by the A. W. S.
board and is to be staged Nov. 21,
will be announced on Wednesday.
STUDENTS SHIVER AS
LOW. TEMPERA!
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Winter's Initial Invasion
Brings Thermometer
Down to 22.
Rapidly falling temperatures
brought shivers to the campus
Monday and predictions of 15 de
gree winter weather for today
produced overcoats and mufflers
for the first time this fall.
Lowest point recorded by the
weather bureau for Lincoln Mon
day was 22 degrees between 7 and
8 o'clock rising to 25 above at 2
o'clock.
The first major Invasion of win
ter brought cold weather to all
parts of the state with heavy snow
fall reported In the northwest sec
tion Sunday. A cold northwest
wind whipped across the state
bringing temperatures ranging
from 14 to 28 degrees.
In the west and north sections ot
the state generally warmer
weather was the outlook for today,
according to the weather bureau.
For southeast Nebraska, however,
the prediction was colder weather.
The lowest temperature recorded
In Lincoln to date was the 20 de
gree reading on Oct. 31.
Blinding storms of snow blan
keting the Rocky mountain area
prevented the arrival of Captain
Frank Hawks, noted aviator who
was scheduled to arrive In Lincoln
Monday in connection with the me
morial drive conducted in memory
of Will Rogers.'
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Misses Peake and Wheeler
Speak About Sorority
Conventions.
Members of the panhellenic
body on the campus held their reg
ular meeting on Monday afternoon,
Nov. 4 at 5 o'clock In the drawing
room of Ellen Smith hall.
Two short talks describing na
tional conventions of two sororities
at the university were features of
the program. Corris Peake gave
a discussion of the national Alpha
Omicron Pi convention which was
held at Ferry hall In Chicago last
summer and Nadlne Wheeler told
the group of the national Kappa
Delta convocation staged at Pasa
dena. Calif., this year.
UN
FRESHMAN GROUP
PESTER PREDICTS
SUDDEN
NCREASE
IN ANNUAL SALES
Business Manager Believes
Fund Replenishment to
Aid Subscriptions.
SALESMEN TO COMPETE
Three Selling the Greatest
Number of Cornhuskers
to Get Prizes. .
Predicting a sudden increase
in Cornhusker sales due to the
first of the month and replen
ished student finances, Eugene
Pester, business manager of the
annual, announced on Monday
that the sale had already ap
proached last year's mark and by
the end of the week would be con
siderably over.
According to Pester a competi
tion between salesmen will be in
stituted. Prizes will be given to
the three selling the largest num
ber of books.
Groups Have Two Candidates.
Five sororities have already sold
enough year books to nominate
two candidates each and ten oth
ers one entry each for the annual
Queens contest. Pester expects
all sororities to have nominees en
tered by the deadline on Wednes
day, Nov. 13. Sororities must pur
chase twenty books for each girl
entered by Friday of this week.
Faith Arnold, editor-in-chief,
announces an enlarged Queen sec
tion this year. Two pages will be
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OF
BLUE PRINT PLACED
Generator Design Features
Cover of Engineering
Magazine.
A generator design decorates
the cover of the November issue
of the Nebraska Blue Print, en
gineering magazine, which is
placed on the stands and in the
mail today.
Featured In the publication is
an article on "Rural Electrifica
tion," an Informative discussion
of the rural program from the
standpoint of the private power
company written by the editor,
Ted Schroeder. In next month's
issue a sequel to this article will
appear. It will describe the gov
ernment's plans for rural electri
fication and will be written by W.
F. Lewis, agricultural research
engineer at the college of agricul
ture. '
An obituary article on O. V. P.
Stout, former dean of the engi
neering college, by O. J. Fergu
son, present dean, appears in the
issue.
"A Day at Camp Nebraska," an
article describing the civil en
gineers' summer surveying camp
near Ashland, written by Lowell
Newmyer, is Included. In the
Dean's Corner, a regular Blue
Print feature, Dean Ferguson
writes on "Joining Your Engineer
ing Society."
Other features include Engl
news, Alumnews. and a full page
of Sledge written by Frank Meier.
Chancellor Is Visited hy
Minnesota Soil Surveyor
Prof. F. J. Alway, chairman of
the soils department and the state
soil survey of the University of
Minnesota, visited Emeritus Chan
cellor Avery, Chancellor Burnett,
and Dr. G. E. Condra Monday.
Professor Alway and Dr. Avery
were boyhood friends and also
were students in Germany to
gether. Professor Alway was at
Nebraska prior to his work in
Minnesota.
Coed Politicians Sought for
'Anti Anti-Women Campaign'
University women who have been cheated out of a political
career in college by the Mortar Board's stand Hgr.in.st women's
politics, h;ay find solace in anticipating their chances for becom
ing president or vice-president of the Tinted States some time
in the near future. According to Lillian D. Hock, as (Uoted by
the Literary Digest and a fewr)
other magazines you may have
mlssea, a woman will be vice presi
dent within the next decade, and
presidency for the fairer sex will
come soon after that.
In order to see that her prophesy
comes true Miss Rock has organ
ized a League for a Woman Presi
dent and Vice-president with
which she expects to unite the
women of the country so that no
one can deny their demands. If
her anticipations are reaUzed It
looks seriously as though women,
in the future, will rule the country
as well as the home.
Miss Rock is very insistent that
WERKMEISTER TALKS
TO GERMAN STUDENTS
Club Meeting Planned for
7:30 Tonight in
Morrill.
First meeting of the German
club will be held this evening,
Nov. 5, at 7:30 o'clock, in Morrill
hall. Dr. W. H. Werkmeister, as
sistant professor of philosophy,
will speak in German on "Student
Life In Germany." His talk will
be illustrated with lantern slides.
There will also be group singing
of German songs.
All students of German and any
others who are Interested are in
vited to attend.
CHOOSE 14 SKITS
FOR EALL REVUE
Judging to Be Completed
: Thursday; to Use
Curtain Acts.
Final judging of Kosmet Klub
skits will be held Tuesday, Wed
nesday, and Thursday, when four
teen skits, seven fraternity and
seven sorority, will be chosen for
the Kosmet Klub Revue, Saturday,
Nov. 23. Four-minute curtain acts
will be taken from some of the
eliminated skits, the numer de
pending upon the talent.
Immediately after the last judg
ing Thursday night both skit and
curtain-act winners will be de
cided, and announced Friday. Cur
tain acts will have the same con
sideration as skits. Judges are Clay
ton Schwenk, Richard Schmidt,
Bill Garlow, Carl Wiggenhorn, Bob
Pierce, and Bill Marsh.
Skits Two Long.
Speaking of the preliminary
judging last week, Clayton
Schwenk. president, said, "The
only criticism is that the skits are
too long. They will be timed this
week and will have to be under
eight minutes. They must be
smoothed out, and given just as
they are to be in the Revue. Wa
are well satisfied, tho, finding that
the acts have a lot of talent."
The schedule for tonight's judg
ing is as follows: 7:15, Delta Tau
Delta; 7:30, Pi Kappa Alpha; 7:45,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; 8:00, Alpha
Sigma Phi; 8:15, Sigma Epsilon;
a-nn n-itn TTnsilon: and 8:45.
Pershing Rifles, me nours ior
Wednesday and Thursaay nignis
final review will be published in
tomorrow's and Thursday's Ne
braskans. Presentation of Nebraska Sweet
heart, chosen in last Tuesday's
election and to be kept secret until
the Revue, will consist of a grand
finale, all acters participating. Bob
Pierce is in charge of plans for the
presentation
Tickets on Sale.
Tickets were issued to a large
number of workers and posters put
up last Thursday, as Kosmet Klub
started its sales drive. Altho there
has been open field in ticket sales
so far, next Thursday workers will
be limited to a certain number of
fraternities and sororities so that
unaffiliated members will have an
equal chance, according to Bill
Garlow, business chairman. The
field is to be thrown open again a
week before the snow.
facultTmembers to
attendjdental meet
Hooper to Show Denture
Construction With
Colored Film.
Several members of the dental
college staff will attend the an
nual convention of the American
Dental association being held Nov.
4 to 8 at New Orleans. Dr. B. L.
Hooper and Dr. A. H. Schmidt will
attend the national association
convention of prosthodontists
which precedes the dental meet
ing. Dr. Hooper will present In
a new way, through the medium
of a color movie, material on the
immediate denture construction.
Dr. G. L. Spencer is going as a
delegate to the supreme chapter
of Delta Sigma Delta and Dr. F.
A. Pierson, as secretary of the
Nebraska association, is an offi
cial delegate to the house of dele
gates of the A. D. A. Dr. John
Brauer, as chairman of the col
lege committee, will give a report
before the American Society for
the Promotion of Dentistry for
Children.
her league Is not "anti-man," but
rather "anti anti-women." if there
Is a difference. She says that
once women are banded together
and become conscious of their
power they will do something "to
save the home and country," and
to show their "dissatisfaction with
mala domination."
"If a woman can Inherit a
throne she can earn the presi
dency," asserts Miss Rock. The
league was organized early this
year and hasn't, as yet. spent one
rent for publicity. It has been
getting plenty without paying for
it. And as for the league we
women are for It.
KOSMET KLUB TO
GENTRY TO PLAY
E
Innocents to Sponsor First
Big All-University
Affair.
BALL CLIMAXES GAME
Autographed Football
Be Given to Lucky
Person.
to
Tom Gentry and his ambassa
dors, featured CBS and WON
orchestra, secured to play for
the Homecoming Ball, first big
all-university affair, sponsored
by the Innocents, senior men's
honorary, will climax the day of
the "Kansas - Nebraska football
game. Highlights of the affair,
to be held Saturday, Nov. 9, In
the coliseum, will be the presenta
tion of a regulation football, au
tographed by all members of the
Cornhusker football squad and
Head Coach Dana X. Bible, to
some lucky person attending the
ball, it was announced Monday by
the Innocents.
Plays in Kentucky.
Gentry's band just recently
closed at the exclusive Greystone
club in Louisville, Ky., and are
now playing party dates in and
around Chicago. Before the Grey
stone engagement, they were in
the Blue room of the Hotel Roose
velt, New Orleans, and have played
such famous spots as the Blue
Ribbon casino during the world's
fair; also the Blackstone hotel and
the Opera club, Chicago. It is also
generally known that Gentry was
formerly a picture star, appearing
in numerous western productions.
Drawing Increases Interest.
"Drawing of the football is ex
pected to attract much interest."
Don Shurtleff, Innocent, stated,
"as a football bearing the signa
tures of Nebraska's well known
football team and Coach Bible is
undoubtedly worth having."
All persons present will keep
the stubs to their tickets and dur
ing the intermission the drawing
will be made, stated Shurtleff,
member of the honorary in charge.
Decoration Competition.
To augment the two features of
Homecoming day, various groups
have special entertainment plan
ned for their alumni. Competition
will be reopened for the best
Homecoming decorations among
fraternities on the campus; house
parties have been planned for the
preceding night, and alumni din
ners will be staged before the
dance.
Committee chairmen for the so
ciety are Don Shurtleff. orches
tra; Irwin Ryan, publicity: Jim
Marvin, decorations, and Irving
Hill, tickets.
Chairman Zoology Division
Speaker at Sigma Xi
Meeting.
Discussing "Heredity in Man."
Dr. D. D. Whitney, chairman of
the zoology department, will be
guest speaker at the second meet
ing of Sigma Xi, Tuesday evening
at 8 p. m. The address will be
presented on the medical college
campus in the south amphitheater
at Omaha, according to Dr. E. N.
Andersen, secretary.
The speaker will give a general
outline of recent investigations
concerning the mechanisms of in
heritance. A comparison of the
similarity of inheritance in plants,
animals, and people as well as the
inheritance of mental traits. In
cluding the possibility of alternat
ing Inheritance, win also be given.
At 6:30 there is to be a banquet
for those who wish to attend.
Two research prizes of $1,000
each will be awarded at the semi
centennial celebration of Sigma
XI next June. Dr. Andersen an
nounced. One award is to be in
the field of physical sciences and
one in life sciences. Candidates
need not be associated with the
chapter or club or located In their
geographical section, but they
must be recognized research work
ers under 40 years of age. Dr.
Whitney Is a member of the com
mittee named to consider nomina
tions from this chapter.
ENGINEERS INSPECT
LOUP RIVER PROJECT
Institute Members View
Various Features of
Potrcr System.
Members of the American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers are
making au Inspection of the Loup
river power project at Columbus
Wednesday. An examination of
the various features of the well
known project Is being madi.
Approximately 30 members of
the society are making the tour.
They were accompanied by Dean
O. J. Ferguson of the engineering
college. Prof. F. W. Norris and
Prof. L. A. Bingham, both of lbs
C E. department.
A hi
COMING
PARTY SATURDAY
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